Misti Ashrafun, Women with Disabilities Development Foundation Bangladesh speaks out at AWID Conference
“We have to really challenge ourselves as donors and as actors in the field to set targets and prioritize work advancing the rights of women with disabilities.” – Catherine Hyde Townsend
July 24, 2017 - In the years following the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), international disability rights advocacy was mostly focused on getting on the human rights agenda. It was about getting into the room, becoming visible in places where persons with disabilities had been invisible, and participating in policy development. These were important targets and there was an important focus on uniting people with disabilities across impairments, but less attention was paid to the multiple identities people with disabilities hold.
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UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights – Website:
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Direct Link to Full 23-Page 2017 Report: http://undocs.org/en/A/72/155
By Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Agnes Quisumbing and Sophie Theis
October 14, 2016 - As the U.N. International Day of Rural Women on Oct. 15 spotlights the key role women play in the dynamic economies of the developing world, you may see some striking statistics and platitudes on the topic. These are meant to highlight the inequality and discrimination rural women around the world face, and inspire us to recommit to advancing their rights and agency.
There's just one problem: many factoids about the noble struggles of rural women in developing countries aren't true.
These widely circulated myths do contain a kernel of truth: in general, rural women work hard, with fewer resources at their disposition than men. But despite the good intentions behind them, they promote stereotypes of women as either victims or saviors, and hinder the design and implementation of programmes that can concretely advance women’s opportunities on the ground.
